Oct 09, 2019 12:45:00

A man who physically stealed games and related equipment of over 4.5 million yen from Valve's owner Valve

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Tim Dorr

Bellevue police testimony reveals that Sean Shaptis, who invaded Valve's headquarters in Bellevue, Washington and stolen games and related equipment, was charged with theft and smuggling on 25 September 2019 became.

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According to local TV station KIRO-TV , Shaptis was arrested in July 2018. According to the police, Shaptis entered the 11th floor of the building where Valve headquarters entered from the `` unused stairwell '' part on June 17, 2018, 15 Xbox One, 23 PlayStation 4 etc. 40,000 He steals game-related equipment worth $ 2,000 (about 4.5 million yen) and runs away on a FedEx cargo truck. Among those stolen by Shaptis, he seems to have stolen ASUS gaming notebook PCs, Nintendo Switch, Steam gaming devices, and even something like a metal minigun .

Brian Horrer, who was looking at the moment when Shaptis was arrested, said, '(The suspect) seemed to escape, but as soon as he noticed that he was already surrounded by the police, 'The police ordered the suspects to lay down on the ground immediately,' he said of the moment of arrest.

A FedEX track that Shaptis used to get away. In addition, it seems that several pieces stolen on the road fell because the truck was run with the rear door of the truck open during the escape.

According to a court document obtained by Polygon, an overseas game media, the police wrote that 'Shaptis did not even remember what he had stolen because he stolen so many devices.' In addition, according to the court document, Valve's 11th floor office was an “unfinished floor” with exhibits and tournament equipment. According to the police, the Valve headquarters are on the 11th to 19th floors of Lincoln Square South Tower, and Valve is a police that stolen 'game related souvenirs' and 'advertising items'. He seems to testify.

Game equipment stolen by Shaptis

Shaptis seems to have sold the stolen device at Bellevue's game shop GameStop , according to the police, '43 games were sold for 336 dollars (about 36,000 yen)'. According to the police, the remaining items that Shaptis stolen were cleverly concealed in his Geo-Prism , and there were drug-related equipment in the car in addition to the stolen items.

Shaptis was accused of the King County Superior Court on September 25, 2019. Six warrants have been issued against Shaptis, and a hearing is scheduled for October 9.